Ministry Of PPPA: Children Of Criminals Must Still Fulfill Their Education Rights

JAKARTA - The Ministry of Women's Empowerment and Child Protection said that children who are perpetrators of crimes or children who are in conflict with the law must still fulfill their educational rights.

"The child's right to education, even though he commits an act that exceeds the limits of juvenile delinquency, he still has to get his right to education," said Assistant Deputy for Fulfillment of Children's Rights to Health and Education at the Ministry of PPPA Amurwani Dwi Lestariningsih as reported by ANTARA, Friday, October 6.

He said that giving punishments to children must be distinguished from adults.

This is because children need education to change their behavior in the future.

"If he is expelled from school, now he is like that, what will happen later, if he does not get access to education," said Amurwani Dwi Lestariningsih.

Children who have had unpleasant experiences while serving their sentence have the potential to commit greater crimes in the future.

"We don't want our children to become big criminals," he said.

Therefore, his party emphasized the provision of positive punishments, namely punishments that do not provide unpleasant experiences.

He also said the government was here to ensure that children serving sentences still receive their rights to education.

"We have collaborated with the Ministry of Education and Culture, with education agencies, they still have to be trained, they must still be given the right to get education," said Amurwani Dwi Lestariningsih.